THE people

Beatrice M. Bowman

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

February 1, 1871

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

F

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

MAIDEN NAME:

Bowman

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

20 Chalmers Place

Chicago

IL

RELATED TO:

Abraham & Josephine Bowman, parents
Lucien Bowman, brother

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

29

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

Stenographer

other information

CEMETERY:

Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago IL

MORGUE:

Rolston

IDENTIFIED BY:

B.F. Jenkins

OTHER NOTES:

Daughter of Abraham and Josephine (Kyle) Bowman. Beatrice was killed along with her mother and her brother Lucien in the Iroquois Theater Fire.

In the Chicago, Illinois City Directory of 1890, Beatrice is listed as a student o the Bryant & Stratton Chicago Business College on Washington St near Wabash avenue. In subsequent directories and census, she is listed as a stenographer.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 2 Jan 1904, Sat · Page 12
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134644854/beatrice-bowman

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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